Introduction to iPads, moved to Week 6, If you have an Ipad 2 or 3 or access to borrowing one, please bring to class. We will be using iMovie ($4.99). If you borrow one, that is the least you could do, buy them the app to say thank you. How to use EMBED code on your Wordpress for hings like your infographic, although it does depend on which tool you used to make your infographic. A video will be place on the Help and Tutorials page shortly.
For more Help, go to the HELP page and look on Rich Media Tags for instructions on how to add videos and such. http://www.thinglink.com/help
OK, so now you know what it is, let's make one!! Choose a topic, that you might teach in a class someday. Find an image, or make an infographic and now make it interactive!! Need an idea, look at the examples above. You may even use the Infographic your team made. But each of you will make your own!! Add your newly created interactive image to your website and write a short reflection about Thinglink and how you see yourself using it in your classroom and even you personal life. By the way they have a contest for education and students coming up.. I don't have the details yet, but will shortly.
Thinglink is going to give you an account with more features and more uploads (a paid account). Please complete the Google Form. I will send this to my Thinglink contact person and they will just upgrade you. You won't received any communication, they will just upgrade you. So Magic!!
In case you were absent, here is the critique sheet we used. This should help you know EXACTLY what you have complete by this point!!. Remember you had to be in class to participate in the critique and earn the critiquing points.
This was from Week 4: Please go to Edmodo, sign up as a Teacher. Join our DED 318 Fall 2012group (it is on the left). The code to join the group is s178jz.
Welcome to EDMODO, Schools everywhere are using EDMODO http://www.edmodo.com, it is a little like Facebook for education with a few additional features. We are going to give it a little look. Last spring with Block one lessons in the schools, I saw it being used in the Junction City extensively. I have a friend Mrs. Smoke that has here entire school near Wichita using it. Anyway, the first take a little time to explore and look around. Then click on the assignment Turn in button and introduce yourself. Make sure you include the link to your website in your introduction. Also add your photo to your profile.
Introduction to iPads, moved to Week 6, If you have an Ipad 2 or 3 or access to borrowing one, please bring to class. We will be using iMovie ($4.99). If you borrow one, that is the least you could do, buy them the app to say thank you.
How to use EMBED code on your Wordpress for hings like your infographic, although it does depend on which tool you used to make your infographic. A video will be place on the Help and Tutorials page shortly.
http://www.thinglink.com and install a plugin for WordPress so your interactive image works on your website. Here are the instructions.
http://www.thinglink.com/help/Wordpress
Curious about ThingLink? Here are 5 reasons to love our service
http://www.thinglink.com/learn
NOTE: They are working on a way for this to work on Mobile Divices like the iPad, but it is not quite there yet.Also an app to make them on an iPad.
http://youtu.be/eBWwzK7hKn0
http://gettingsmart.com/blog/2012/08/5-ways-use-thinglink-teaching-learning/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=29kDWdJsr00
And so is Forbes magazine:
http://www.forbes.com/special-report/2012/126-billion-forbes-cover.html
How to use SoundCloud's player in ThingLink tags:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vuoWCtRU39E
For more Help, go to the HELP page and look on Rich Media Tags for instructions on how to add videos and such. http://www.thinglink.com/help
OK, so now you know what it is, let's make one!! Choose a topic, that you might teach in a class someday. Find an image, or make an infographic and now make it interactive!! Need an idea, look at the examples above. You may even use the Infographic your team made. But each of you will make your own!! Add your newly created interactive image to your website and write a short reflection about Thinglink and how you see yourself using it in your classroom and even you personal life. By the way they have a contest for education and students coming up.. I don't have the details yet, but will shortly.
Thinglink is going to give you an account with more features and more uploads (a paid account). Please complete the Google Form. I will send this to my Thinglink contact person and they will just upgrade you. You won't received any communication, they will just upgrade you. So Magic!!
In case you were absent, here is the critique sheet we used. This should help you know EXACTLY what you have complete by this point!!.
Remember you had to be in class to participate in the critique and earn the critiquing points.
Technology and Me Google Doc Link:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Aon0hzlfRmUhdGdDS3FFYUVyaXQxYmFMVExLbkQ3cGc#gid=0
This was from Week 4:
Please go to Edmodo, sign up as a Teacher. Join our DED 318 Fall 2012 group (it is on the left).
The code to join the group is s178jz.
Welcome to EDMODO, Schools everywhere are using EDMODO http://www.edmodo.com, it is a little like Facebook for education with a few additional features. We are going to give it a little look. Last spring with Block one lessons in the schools, I saw it being used in the Junction City extensively. I have a friend Mrs. Smoke that has here entire school near Wichita using it.
Anyway, the first take a little time to explore and look around.
Then click on the assignment Turn in button and introduce yourself. Make sure you include the link to your website in your introduction. Also add your photo to your
profile.